Hi All!

Picked up my first Hummer last Thursday! It was a completely BASE H3! There were NO OPTIONS on the window sticker! Yep, I have the 5 speed manual. I did have the dealer put on a set of the bigger off-road package tires and a set of side-steps (i have short legs! LOL). Also had them add XM... and that is it! So, after 800 miles (the wife and I went on a road trip this weekend!) all I can say is WOW! The H3 is turning out to be a much better vehicle than I had ever imagined! We put it through it's paces this weekend, from highway to some pretty deep mud... I am very very impressed!

Now I know that this thread would be useless without pics soooooo here ya go!

Brand new in the driveway:





And not one to be afraid of getting a brand new vehicle a little dirty....





I simply cannot believe what the H3 is capable of right off the showroom floor! For example today: We kind of dropped in a mud hole today among a bunch of huge ruts. I felt the dang H3 basically come to rest on the frame. I was like OH NO! We are going to be stuck!!! Well, I simply put the H3 in LOW and the darn thing just pulled itself up and out! Very impressive to me!

 

Congrats!
Sweet ride, brand new and already havin' fun!
Cool pix with the mud flyin' around!

Ohhh..and WELCOME to the forums!

 

Welcome to the forums.

It looks like you were at the Genesee County mounds? Am i right?

 

Welcome to the club glad to see you got it dirty already!

 

Welcome there fellow Michigander!

 

Welcome from Okemos, MI. Nice photos and beautiful truck.

Wayne

 

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Bit more background... I've owned a number of Jeeps over the last 20+ years...



I got the H3 just to mainly do some trail riding with the kiddies though... (kids love hummers! LOL)





So for the most part it will be just nice and easy family time... LOL



Now the plan for the H3 is to KEEP IT STOCK!!! So do not tempt me! I am a recovering mod-aholic....

My last vehicle went from this:



to this:




And yes, the mud pictures are in fact from the Mounds!!! It was our first time there! Not big, but WOW, lots of water and mud! Friday and Saturday we were up by West Branch/St. Helen and everything was bone dry! Even the swampy areas... So all the mud on Sunday at the Mounds surprised me...

And thanks for the compliments on the photos... another one of my interests...

Again, thanks for the welcome!

 

A somewhat belated welcome but none the less! Great looking rig, even the right color too :-)

Keeping it stock huh ... yeah, right LOL! Give it a year and we'll see what it looks like :-) My bet would be here .. well .. no LOL! I'm guessing we'll see a set of mudders on that bad boy .. and after enough custom pin striping .. probably a brush guard and a roof rack ... the obligatory tail light guards ... a winch eventually .. yeah .. I just don't see that thing staying stock hehehehehehe ... Again .. welcome ... and awesome pics ... ain't nuffin' better than a muddy HUMMER :-)

 

Welcome fellow 5-SpeedManual Transmission'er and vehicle modifier!

I look forward to your future upgrades and ideas.. Just don't make yourself a custom light bar from a generic chrome one. People on here, eh, they don't like them too much

What, what did I say?

 

Had it been black powder coated I would've liked it better... I just don't like the shiny stuff lol!